Re: Apple II Sound

[deth@magna.com.au (Dave)]

On 31 Mar 1997 02:36:20 GMT, dpeschel@u.washington.edu (Derek Peschel)
wrote:

>In article <333e0f4a.1509652@news.magna.com.au>,
>Dave <deth@magna.com.au> wrote:
>
>>Just wondering if anyone apart from me ever had a speech card with a
>>program called S.A.M.?? You could full on type whole sentences in and
>>SAM would say the words. Sorta like the computer in WarGames.
>
>I dimly recall ads for the card you mention.  I played with a version of
>S.A.M. though.  ("A version" because I didn't know its history, people had
>hacked around with it rather crudely, and therefore it didn't work completely
>-- maybe a bad crack?)
>
>S.A.M. actually works without any card whatever, just software.  I was very
>impressed to find that that's possible.  It sounds grainy but understandable.
>
>Didn't I read in c.s.a2 that the card was pretty worthless?
>
>And I think there was a Commodore 64 version.  Has anyone ever used that?
>
>Some synthesized announcements used by cheap pay phone companies actually
>sound MORE grainy than S.A.M. -- that is, the component "slices" of sound
>change less often -- a feat requiring truly low standards. :)
>
>-- Derek


Yeah..I checked out the program you are talking about yesterday and it
is real grainy. With the card it comes out a lot clearer. 

Dave